Balacra fontainei

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Balacra fontainei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Balacra
Species:
B. fontainei
Binomial name
Balacra fontainei
Kiriakoff, 1953
Synonyms
  • Balacra oreophilaKiriakoff, 1963

Balacra fontainei is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Sergius G. Kiriakoff in 1953. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Balacra fontainei Kiriakoff, 1953". Afromoths. Retrieved November 6, 2019.